Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

Highland Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, New Jersey along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination if necessary.

Highland Avenue
Location	Scotland Road & Highland Avenue Orange, NJ
Coordinates	40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 92 ONE Bus: 44
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Rebuilt	1905, 1916–1918[1]
Previous names	Orange Valley (1858–1890)[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	233 (average weekday)[3][4]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Mountain Station toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Orange toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Mountain Station toward Hackettstown Morristown Line
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Mountain Station toward Buffalo Main Line Orange toward Hoboken

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving the outer tracks. The north platform has a walkway over the Track 3 to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station and is instead used as an express track.

Ground/ platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mountain Station) ←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Mountain Station)
	Track 1	←      Morristown Line and      Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
	Track 2	←      Morristown Line and      Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Orange) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

References

1. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 85. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
2. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 740. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
3. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
4. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

External links

• Mitchell Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Stetson Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Freeman Street entrance from Google Maps Street View